• Production of the Mark V started at Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon at the end of 1917; the first tanks arrived in France in May 1918.
  • The now available in the rear area space was used for the transport of soldiers, making the Mark V * as the world's first infantry fighting vehicle can be called.
  • A detailed history of the Mark V Tank that includes includes images, quotations and the main facts of the issue.
  • Mark V* A Mark V*, the main, lengthened variant of the Mark V, stretched by 1.82 m (6 feet) to cope with the large antitank trenches of the Hindenburg Line.
  • On the 18th January 1918 the first Mark V tank was driven out of the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company factory in Birmingham.
  • The Tank Mark V*** was a proposed improved form intended for use in 1919 should the war had progressed beyond 1918.
  • Check out the Mark V Tank in the online store here… The Mark V ‘Male’ variant carried two six pounder guns and four .303″ Hotchkiss Mk 1 machine-guns.
  • Mark V Tank - detail of interior looking into the cupola. ... Mark V Tank - detail of armor plate.
  • Weatherby’s first bolt action rifle platform. Introduced by Roy Weatherby in 1958, the Mark V® action was designed to be the strongest action in the world.